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sur·ti·tle

 (sûr′tīt′l)
n.
See supertitle.
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surtitle

(ˈsɜːˌtaɪtəl)
n
(Classical Music) (usually plural) a brief translation of the text of an opera or play that is being sung or spoken in a foreign language, projected above the stage
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Noun1.surtitle - translation of the words of a foreign opera (or choral work) projected on a screen above the stage
supertitle
interlingual rendition, translation, version, rendering - a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
opera - a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
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Translations

surtitle

[ˈsɜːtaɪtl] N → sobretítulo m
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surtitle

n (in opera etc) → Übertitel m
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I am not sure why we had the English translation on both the surtitle screens and no Welsh translation.
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Credit goes to OY for fixing the perennial surtitle problem, although the solution was only stopgap.
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Certainly there were occasional flaws in Thursday's opening performance, and a dimness of surtitle which made it almost impossible to pick out the fingerslips in the excellent but unattributed English translation.
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None of us wants the comedy inherent in a particular phrase, verbal or musical, to be anticipated, and thus ruined, by a premature surtitle. Regrettably, that happens occasionally already--though not as often as some try to make out--but to display titles for, say, the humorous exchanges of an English-language Magic Flute, when the real comedy is already evident thanks to the efforts of the performers, is to court disaster.
Barry Millington on the English at ENO
English speakers will be able to enjoy the Cyprus Theatre Organisation and National Theatre of Greece joint production of Euripides' famous tragedy about war, existential dread, dignity, faith and women's strength The Suppliants as it will be staged with surtitles in English and Turkish in Limassol on Thursday.
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